In these solutions, those moves that were required are given in bold type. All else is given for the sake of completeness and for the interest of solvers. Threats are given in parentheses. All problems carry 5 points, distributed as indicated with the solutions.
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Udo Degener Troll, 2002 
Mate in 2 |
1.Sa7? (2.Qb5#) 1...Rxa7! 1.Sd6? (2.Qb5#) 1...Rb6! 1.Sd4? (2.Qb5#) 1...Sc3! 1.Sa3? (2.Qb5#) 1...Sc3! 1.Sc3! (2.Sxa4#) (5) 1...Sexc3 2.d4# 1...Saxc3 2.Ba3# 1...Bxd3+ 2.Sce4# 1...Bb5 2.Qxb5# 1...d4 2.Sde4# 1...Rb6 2.Qf8# |
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Roland Baier 2nd HM., Basler Nachrichten, 1975 
Mate in 3 |
1.Sxe4! (1)
(2.Qxf4+ Sxf4 3.Sxc5# (½)
Kxf4 3.Bg3#)
1...dxe4 2.Rxe4+ Kd5 3.Bb7# (½)
1...d4 2.Sf6+ dxe3+ 3.d4# (1)
1...Bd4 2.Sxd6+ Bxe3+ 3.Sc4# (1)
Kxd6 3.Re6#
1...Bxe3 2.dxe3 () (1)
Sh~ 3.exf4,Qxf4#
Sg~ 3.B(x)f6#
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Virgil Nestorescu 10th Place, 2nd WCCT, 1980-1983 
Mate in 3 |
1.Bc1! (1)
(2.Se7+ Ke5 3.Sc6#) (½)
1...Re3 2.Qc4 & 3.Qd5,Qe6# (1)
1...Rxc5 2.Qe2 & 3.Qg4,Qh5# (1)
1...e3 2.Qg2 & 3.Qf3,Qd5# (1)
1...bxc5 2.Qa6 & 3.Qc8,Qe6# (½)
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Vaclav Tuzar Svetozor, 1894 
Mate in 4 |
1.Sd7! (2½)
[2.Bg4 (3.a4 Kf4 4.Rd4#)
a4 3.a3 Kf4 4.Rd4#] (0)
1...a4 2.Rf6 a3 3.Bc4 Kd4 4.Rf4# (½)
Kd4 3.Rf4+ Kd5 4.Bc4# (½)
Kd5 3.Bd3 & 4.Rd6# (½)
1...Kf4 2.a4 Ke4 3.Bg4 Kf4 4.Rd4# (½)
Kf5 3.Bf3 Kf4 4.Rf6# (½)
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Norman Littlewood 1st HM., Shach-Echo TT, 1966 
White to play and draw |
1.Ne2+ (1) 1...Kd3 2.Nc1+ Kc2 3.Kxe4 (i) (1) 3...Kxc1 (ii) 4.Nc3! (iii) (1) 4...Nd2+ 5.Kd5 Nb4+ 6.Ke6! (1) 6...Bxc3 7.Be5 ½–½ (1) (i) 3.Nc3? Bh7 4.N3a2 Be5+ 0-1 (ii) 3...Kxb1 4.Kd5 N4a5 5.Nd3= (iii) 4.Kd5? N6a5 0-1 |
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Yosef Retter Variantim, 2001 
Selfmate in 3 |
1.Re7! () (1) 1...Be2 2.Sc3+ Bc4 3.Rd7 Rxh6# (2) 1...Rxh6+ 2.Kd5+ Rd6+ 3.Kc4 Be2# (2) |
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Venelin Alaikov feenschach, 2003 
Selfmate in 7 |
1.Bd8! (1)
(2.Rxe3+ Kd6 3.Re6+ Kd5 4.Rxe2+ Kd6 5.Re6+ Kd5 6.Re3+ Kd6 7.Qd1+ Rxd1#) (2)
1...fxe1=S 2.Rxb6+ Ke5 3.Re6+ Kd5 4.Ra6+ Ke5 5.Sac6+ Kd6 6.Sb4+ Ke5 7.Sd3+ Sxd3# (1)
1...fxe1=B 2.Rxf6+ Ke5 3.Re6+ Kd5 4.Rxh6+ Ke5 5.Bf6+ Kd6 6.Bh4+ Ke5 7.Bg3+ Bxg3# (1)
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Ion Murarasu feenschach, 2003 
Helpmate in 6; 2 solutions |
1.Ke5 Sd3+ 2.Kd4 Sf4 3.Qc4 Kb2 4.Sb4 Kb1 5.Kc3 Kc1 6.Rd3 Se2# (2½) 1.Rd4 Sd1 2.Qg6 Kb2 3.Rf4+ Kxb3 4.Bd4 Kc4 5.Kf5 Kd5 6.Bf6 Se3# (2½) |
